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Undertaking the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain is a thousand year old tradition that has given birth to a wealth of music from the Middle Ages to the present day. With Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field of Stars as the centerpiece of this program of pilgrimage, we explore the joys and hardship of the journey, the mystery and challenges of faith, and the determination of human spirit.

Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) lived through one of the most turbulent periods in English history, when Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I all sought to mould the religion of the people to match their own private convictions. Tallis’s sublime church music swings from lavish Catholic motets to austere Protestant hymns as he laboured to meet the demands of these four very different monarchs.

Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585) lived through one of the most turbulent periods in English history, when Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I all sought to mould the religion of the people to match their own private convictions. Tallis’s sublime church music swings from lavish Catholic motets to austere Protestant hymns as he laboured to meet the demands of these four very different monarchs.

The celebration of Christmas in the 21st century is infused with a diverse array of cultural, religious, secular and family traditions. Join us as we explore that diversity in a way that celebrates the great and awe-inspiring ethereal mystery of O Magnum Mysterium and Ave Maria in juxtaposition with the raw energy of more ‘earthly’ Christmas traditions. And we might even have fun pushing a few musical boundaries in the process!